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The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living
- A Verse-by-Verse Commentary: Vols. 1-3 (The End of Sorrow, Like a Thousand Suns, To Love Is to Know Me)
- Narrated by: Paul Bazely
- Length: 50 hrs and 19 mins
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Publisher's Summary
This audiobook includes all three volumes in the Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living series. A comprehensive manual for living a spiritual life, based on a verse-by-verse commentary on India’s timeless scripture - from the author of its best-selling translation. This audiobook includes all three volumes in this series.
The Bhagavad Gita is set on the battlefield of an apocalyptic war between good and evil. Faced with a dire moral dilemma, the warrior prince Arjuna turns in anguish to his spiritual guide, Sri Krishna, for answers to the fundamental questions of life.
Easwaran points out that Arjuna’s crisis is acutely modern. The Gita’s battlefield is the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage. Arjuna represents each of us, and Sri Krishna is the Lord, instructing us in 18 chapters of lofty wisdom as we face the social, environmental, and global challenges that threaten our world today.
Easwaran is a spiritual teacher and author of deep insight and warmth. His verse-by-verse commentary interprets the Gita’s teachings for modern listeners, explaining the Sanskrit concepts and philosophy and applying them with practicality, wisdom, and humor to every aspect of our work, our relationships, and our lives. With everyday anecdotes, stories, and examples, he shows that the changes we long to see in the world start with the transformation of our own consciousness.
The practical exercises recommended by Easwaran to achieve transformation are part of a spiritual program he developed for his own life. They are accessible to people from all backgrounds and cultures. Urging us to adopt a higher image of the human being, he assures us that peace and unity are within reach.
The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living is an in-depth, verse-by-verse explanation of this ancient scripture and its relevance today. Included are instructions in Easwaran's universal eight-point program of passage meditation.
The first six chapters of the Gita explore the concept of the innermost Self and source of wisdom in each of us. Easwaran explains how we can begin to transform ourselves, even as householders engaged in busy lives.
The next six chapters of the Gita go beyond the individual Self to explore the Supreme Reality underlying all creation. Easwaran builds a bridge across the seeming divide between scientific knowledge and spiritual wisdom, and explains how the concept of the unity of life can help us in all our relationships.
The final six chapters put forth an urgent appeal for us to begin to see that all of us are one - to make the connection between the Self within and the Reality underlying all creation. Global in scope, the emphasis is on what we can do to make a difference to heal our environment and establish peace in the world.
Easwaran’s commentary is for all students of the Gita, whatever their background, and for anyone who is trying to find a path to wisdom, love, and kindness in themselves and our troubled world. Written as an authoritative, accessible guide to a much-loved scripture, it is a handbook for finding peace and clarity within.
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What the critics say
"No one in modern times is more qualified - no make that ‘as qualified’ - to translate the epochal classics of Indian Spirituality than Eknath Easwaran. And the reason is clear. It is impossible to get to the heart of those classics unless you live them, and he did live them. My admiration of the man and his works is boundless." (Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions)
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- Evan
- 2021-01-15
Great to have this.
Was going to buy the books, but I'm going to stick with the audiobook instead. Great to have all of these 3 volumes in one audiobook.
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- Ravika
- 2023-01-15
Beautiful guide for selfless love
I loved how easy the author Eknath Easwaran made it for the readers to understand the words of wisdom of Lord Krishna.
The narrator Paul Bazely did a great job to keep us engaged in the storytelling and the conversation between Arjuna & the lord of love.
I was looking for a starting point to dip my feet into Hinduism’s spirituality, this was a great start.
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- k-la
- 2022-09-11
Epic
Wonderful. Love the reading style and the writing.
Wished it never ended.
I'm not even a Hindu. 🌈🌈🌈🌈
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- Melody Jolie
- 2023-01-17
Best book ever!!!
You will not regret listening to this book! It’s the best I’ve ever heard & I have learned so much!!
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- K. Jolly
- 2024-06-12
Better commentary’s available
This is a decent commentary on the Gita. My only concern is the references to various social events that occurred during the 60’s as addictive, ie drugs, were made at a time when research was not being done. The author’s rigid position and opinions, vegetarianism, are judgmental and have no place in a spiritual text where one is trying to make transformative change. Yogananda’s commentary on the Gita is less judgmental and much more in-depth and welcoming.
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